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The Kentucky Small Business Development Center will offer the following workshop, Starting a Business in Kentucky, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 and 29 and Nov. 25, at Commerce Lexington, 330 East Main Street. Free. Registration: (859) 257-7666 or Ksbdc.org.

Classes aimed at minority and women-owned businesses seeking to do business with the government are underway. Although aimed at minority and women-owned businesses, classes are free and open to the public and will be held in the first floor conference room of Commerce Lexington, 330 East Main Street. Register online at Lexingtonky.gov/MWBE.

■ SBA Certifications and Doing Business with the Federal Government, 4-6 p.m. Instructor: Robert Coffee, SBA.

Events/Seminars

Career Relaunch: Workshop for Women, a career exploration group for women at a crossroads in their lives,will be 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays, Oct. 21 and 28, and Nov. 4, 11 and 18 at King Alumni House, 400 Rose Street. $50 for University of Kentucky Alumni Association members, $95 for others. Dinner is provided. Go to Ukalumni.net/relaunch2013 to register.

The Appalachian Rural Development Philanthropy Initiative is hosting a free conference on Building a Local Legacy: The Role of Philanthropy in Your Community, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 22 at The Center for Rural Development, 2292 South U.S. 27 (at traffic light 15) in Somerset. The conference will focus on how communities can encourage and grow philanthropy for future generations. To register for the conference, go to Crdev.us/ardpiconference2013. For more info, call (606) 677-6000 or email psimpson@centertech.com. Registration is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. in the front lobby at The Center. Lunch is provided for all registered guests.

Frankfort/Bluegrass ARMA Chapter will meet at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 17 at Brontë Bistro in Joseph-Beth Booksellers, The Mall at Lexington Green. Speaker: Diane Vance, director of the forensic science program at Eastern Kentucky University. Cost: $15 for first time attendees, $20 for non-members, $17 for ARMA members, includes lunch. For more information, contact Dorothy DeLong, chapter president, at (859) 858-8815 or email ddelong@kentuckyunderground.com.

University of Kentucky Alumni Association's Job Club will meet 9 to 10:15 a.m. Oct. 22 at the Fayette County Cooperative Extension Service, 1140 Red Mile Place. Topic: HR and executive recruiter panel. The free meeting is for the unemployed, underemployed or those looking to make a career change. For more information, call the alumni association at (859) 257-8905 or the extension service at (859) 257-5582 or go to Ukalumni.net/jobclub.